>> i may not have fully answered the last time around, but in looking at different reasons why you might have long lines, there is no question that issues of resources varying between jurisdictions can have an impact. in some cases, multiple factors contribute to the long line problems. we are confident if you take this particular recommendations, it will significantly collapse the different experiences that voters have. regardless of whether it is an urban location or rural location. people have an equalizing impact in achieving improvement across the class of voters. election administrators we talk to would agree with that. >> you have mentioned several times in your individual

different outlooks and i was wondering if individual commissioners you had felt limited and had come up with these unanimous bipartisan recommendations. i was wondering if you felt limited as individuals that maybe you would have had stronger recommendations to make or if you had to make recommendations that you did not agree on and if that felt limiting or by narrowing the focus you felt you could focus more with better ideas? >> i do not think the focus was narrow. i think there are millions of voters who would have an experience casting a vote would be different and better if these are adapted. i think these if the question

you're asking is if i thought about all the voting rights issues in the united states and i were entirely in charge of them you would be entertained. would i write a report? no, probably not. because we cannot agree on everything, does not mean looking at an issue in a particular way we have accomplished anything less. we still will be ringing about -- there are five lines long. set aside the provisional ballot that ended up being a huge issue and how that relates to inaccuracies. the whole host of issues we can talk about. machines that are not working. let's just take lines. that data suggest there are 10

million voters in the united states who waited in line. five of them longer than half an hour. 5 million longer than an hour. we are trying to do something for those voters. e are trying to do something for we are trying to do something for disabled voters, military voters. we are trying to reduce disparity among jurisdictions so that you do not have some that are running smoothly and are wealthy and others that are crippled by resources and so forth. so i think we were all really committed to voters here, and i do not think it means that we cannot solve every problem in the elect world process, but the ones that we are defining as issues of federal administration

that affect millions of voters, we were able to find common ground on. >> i would like to give the president credit for for giving us a lot of issues to address, but leaving out a couple that we probably would agree. that was great direction by defining in such a way, we got a great report that is full of a lot of ideas and details that will make a big difference. >> i want to say one thing that's not to assume the most controversial are also the most consequential. these recommendations will affect millions, tens of millions of voters. you modernize the registration

system, if you can crack the code, it will have downstream payoffs. obviously dealing with long lines, we have the data from the last election. getting more information about what is happening in the polling places could have huge payoffs. we can get an accurate picture of the types of problems going forward, let alone the machine issues that are of real concern. if you weigh the importance of an issue not by how much airtime it is getting but how many voters it will be affecting, these are the issues that will have a serious impact. >> i apologize for not reading the report front to back to know the answer to this, but did you look at emergency planning, especially in the wake of the election in virginia? >> we looked at it carefully. in fact, what is already out there does a really good job of highlighting that issue. it is all contained in the appendix. the national association of secretaries of state has a

particularly good program. we were impressed by what others had done before and did not need to add to that. >> one thing that is in the body of the report is that they will start specifying what the contingency plans are so that in the event of a disaster, sometimes the ball will just drop and you will not have an answer. the same with having someone in charge to make the call to whether an election has to be rescheduled. there is a specific report that we would point people to. >> first responders came from all over the country. giving the first responders flexibility getting them to vote absentee is a no excuse state. we all thought sandy would go to

new jersey, whatever, they need help as well. >> that was really critical. many states already have in place where if the issue hits their own state, they have it in place on what will happen in their state. in arizona, we send people to the east coast. there was a real moment where we talked about not only has to happen if the date of the election is impacted, but infrastructure is impacted. it is really critical everyone have a contingency plan in place and a plan for e, f, and g as well. >> can you talk about recommendations for military? >> first, we have made great strides with the move act. there are still challenges. one of them is that if you are a

military voter and trying to figure out how to register and vote, going to a state website will often not be unveiling to you. so we go through in detail what the states need to do in terms of improving websites to facilitate voting by military and overseas voters. second, if you talk to military and overseas voters, it is clear to them that different states are implementing this in different ways. the federal post card application, which is supposed to be a failsafe, are meaning different things in different states. so you have to get uniformity in that regard to make sure to soldiers are not having different rules applied to them. then, there are other aspects of the recommendation that have a disproportionate value,

something like online voter registration is obviously better for those further away from the polling place, etc. all of those are examples of the there are many best practices in there. one thing we heard was the ,nsulation assistance officers even participation at the basis, you need to integrate the voter registration process into the intake process when they go into bases so they can register as soon as possible. >> i'm wondering if you could speak a little bit about the work that you did looking at poll workers? they are a very important part of election day. i've just heard about the

recruitment of 15 and 17-year- old. what went into that aspect of the report and is there any limitations? we have a long list of recommendations in reference to recruitment training and retention of poll workers. isdefer a lot of it elections commission which has guidelines and quick site -- quickstart guides on these issues. doew of the things had to with 16 and 17-year-olds and sponsorship of polling places. many times roots and organizations, whether it's a business or fraternal organization, the lions club will provide poll workers for you as well as recruiting from within our own counties. allowing government employees to have the day off to work the polls. when we get into training, making sure there are some

jurisdictions were the first time you work the polls, you receive training and never have to receive training again. to be trained for every election for which you work. there's the frequency of training, quality, duration, we have tried to touch on all of those. it's all going to be available in the appendices for jurisdictions to be able to look at and improve -- coupled with that, we recommend states take a look at the training being done by localities in their jurisdictions. if they don't have anything to do with the training, to ensure there is uniformity from one restriction to the next. that is where any discrepancies will come to light, so it is best to have uniform training practices being implemented.

>> i would like to comment in detail on the actual report. will your website have a place to send it in recommendations so that people can follow up with that would be -- a useful thing. >> obviously, you can e-mail any of us directly. there's a comments section on the website which is still running. >> if your website is going to be a resource, it seems to be the comment section should continue to be up there some people could continue to comment on it as they actually try out your suggestions to see if they work in the real world. >> it is posted at the caltech m.i.t. project. let's be clear about what these tools are.

and need to be affected tailored to jurisdictions. first outlays of them. they are encouraging people to send comments, he so you will see that on the website. >> liska back to early voting. there any suggestions as to what that would entail or is it more of a point get idea to expand early voting? >> a good idea to expand voting before election day, understanding voters do not want to be limited to the 12 hours of the traditional election day early votingfying law to be two and half weeks. it ought to be from 9:00 until 7:00. some of us have had a chance to asigate those issues, but

part of the commission report, our main point is you cannot administer elections toropriately by asking them vote on that one day. you need to provide multiple opportunities for voting. early voting is one of them and there are other forms of voting as well. think the issues with the postal service and the future of six day week mail and what that means for voting. we did not weigh in on what that means except that it's a concern. all states allow some level of absentee routing and there are leakages right now. it is really high, there is a lot of concern about the voting

systems but the absentee rate is higher. as we go through, the challenges that will impact elections not just in oregon and washington. mentioned there is a lack of online resources for military and overseas voters. there's also a lack of online resources for the voting public as a whole. >> we provide some of that how to design and make manageable your local these were developed by a usability expert who has developed these field guides.

>> i want to mention two states going to all mail voting. amongere any discussion the testimony or in the report about the virtue of each state retaining as one option among these other early voting options , retaining as one option the voting day for federal elections as divided not under title ii -- retaining that one day just because of the civic virtue value of having that opportunity to exercise that one day? i know ms. patrick talked about not reducing the resources some of us feel it's very important to have that one day.

>> we do not call for the abolition of election day. i want to take a firm stand. talked them out of it. is we raise all thes of issues about vulnerabilities and what that says about potential problems, but we do not critique all mail ballots in washington state. -- you have to have other forms of voting for election day. the secretary of state of new hampshire said i have no intention of supporting early voting because he thought the people of new hampshire gained an enormous amount from the

collective act of going to the polling place and he was quite -- that cuts against the grain of our recommendation. we are talking about is not just good administration but responsive to what we think voters want. >> one other quick piece to that is in colorado recently, they passed interesting legislation which does everything. center they had vote models, they had voters voting by mail and have moved to the position where everyone has mailed a ballot but can come in and surrender the ballot, so they can go to any vote center and their county because it is all tied in back to the central office. they are tied up right into the centralized database. it is interesting and exciting

what they're doing, so it will be interesting to see how that plays out. model hasenter mushroomed up in other states, so it will be interesting to see what this new paradigm will do. about't say anything else the rest of colorado or anything else they are doing these days. we want to thank the organizations that were helpful to us. recognize that we have really provided a great deal of work for them. thank you. [applause]

>> a look now at capitol hill with mitch mcconnell, who was on the sunday shows today. the national journal reports he talked about the coming -- the upcoming debt ceiling debate. he says they should include a measure that reduces the nation's debt. the debt limit will have to be raised i the end of february according to treasury secretary jack lew. we're going to look at some of the comments he made on fox news sunday, followed by dick durbin of illinois who is on meet the press also talking about the debt ceiling issue. >> some of the most significant legislation passed in the last 50 years has been in conjunction with the debt ceiling and the congressional review act. the clinton republican congress package in the late 90s that led to three years in a row of balanced budgets.

control act from 2011. for the president to ask -- for the president to ask for a clean debt ceiling when we have the debt the size of our economy is irresponsible. we ought to discuss adding something to his request to raise the debt ceiling that does something about the debt or produces something positive. >> i hope what we saw with the budget agreement at the very end of last year and beginning of this year is an indication of a new bipartisan spirit. we certainly need it on capitol hill. paul ryan and patty murray sat down and hammered out a budget mikulski andara senator rogers put together the spending bill. this was an amazing breakthrough. we haven't done this for years. at one point, speaker boehner had to stand up to the tea party and say i know it's a compromise we are going forward. he continues that spirit,

maybe we will get a farm bill. but the get an increase in the debt ceiling? >> am not going to speak for the republican arty. the president's position is clear. we should not play russian roulette. we should not jeopardize growth and kill off job because of another political squabble. we went through a 16 day government shut down because senator cruz another right wing republicans that is a good to do. it was a disaster and i hope they don't repeat it again when it comes to the debt ceiling. >> you can hear more from the sunday talk shows. they re-air in their entirety on c-span radio. you can tune in now and later tonight after midnight. the rnc met in washington last week for it annual meeting. they voted to make the primary time shorter for prime -- for candy -- four candidates running for the primary position. they effectively extended the general election for the chosen nominee. over the three-day meeting,

there were several figures, including former arkansas governor, mike huckabee. he spoke for half an hour on a wide range of topics including issues important to women voters and health care law. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thathe was getting introduction, he's been talking about all these things and i was getting nervous. one of these days, he will find something he's good at. an honor to be here. he was talking about the musician part of me. last night, i was in anaheim, california, playing with bernie

williams, an amazing guitar player and skunk baxter from the -- thebrothers will stop doobie brothers. i wanted to bring them with me. you would have loved them. but i would have laid with them and you would not have love that. i've got to be back in california this afternoon and forrrow i will be there some more meetings with an organization that provides musical instruments for children. then i will take the redeye from california to new york tomorrow night to do my show at fox. funeral services will be held monday. [laughter] in the course of this, i had an unfortunate incident. i lost my iphone. it's a horrible thing. i got it back. i called the nsa and they knew exactly where it was. [applause] all my e-mails

back. it was very nice of them. [laughter] i can't begin my comments today without saying a heartfelt of deep thanks to chairman raines who showed conviction and courage that i think that i think so many of us appreciate -- in a show of true solidarity with so many people in our party you are passionate about the sacrament of everyday life, the chairman did a marvelous thing in postponing the event so people could participate. thank you. [applause] i think it's time republicans no longer accept listening to the democrats talking about a war on women.

republicansthe don't have a war on women. they have a war for women. for them to be empowered for them to be something other of victims of their gender. women i know are outraged that the democrats think women are nothing more than helpless and hopeless creatures whose only goal in life is to have the government provide for them birth control medication. are smart,w educated, intelligent, capable of doing anything anyone else could do. theparties dance for recognition of the equality of women and capacity of women. that is not a war on them, it is a war for them. if the democrats want to insult women of america by making them believe they are helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing a prescription each month for birth control because they can't control their libido or reproductive system without the help of the

government, then so be it. let us take that discussion all across america because women are far more than the democrats have laid them to be. and women across america need to stand up and say enough of that nonsense. i think it's time we leave that discussion. [applause] i will be in new york on saturday for a while. no stateow, i television show on the fox news channel. we tape it in new york and people ask me all the time, are you going to move to new york? i always tell them, even before the governor of new york decided he doesn't like my kind that before have i said not moving to new york unless they let me. cut in central park. so i don't think i will be going. i was shocked. the governor of new york says people who are as he calls us extreme, if we believe every

life has value and worth, that we are extreme if we think we should be able to protect ourselves and not have to hopelessly standby and hope the police can arrive before whatever predator breaks down our door has decided to have his way in our lives and in our home. he made it very clear. he said these kind of people are not welcome in new york. that and ied to hear hope you will exempt me from all the taxes i have to pay to his fine state because every time i do a show in new york, they decide it's worthy of them taking a significant piece of it will stop so governor, if you don't mind, since you really don't want me there, i'm sure none of my money would be welcome in new york either. [applause] know this orif you not, but we are coming up very soon in just a couple of weeks

of the 50th anniversary of a next ordinary american moment. it has nothing to do with politics. it has to do with the beatles arriving in the u.s. and being on the ed sullivan show. i want to tell you this story an untoldere was story of the beatles you might be hearing about. it was the story of the unknown fifth beatle. some of you say but there were only four beatles. it was not intended to be that way. there is a fifth one. the fifth eagle never got the attention that was deserved. but for those of you who are as old as i am, which means old as you can understand the beatles coming to america and being on the ed sullivan show launched nothing short of a cultural revolution. a lot of people don't understand why it was a seminal moment in the history of america and for

that matter, the history of the world. goneountry had just through a very painful time of warning, the death of a president who had been assassinated. it was the next ordinary amount of despair, heartbreak, disappointment. were grievingwe as a nation because we cannot believe it was possible for our own president to be assassinated in the streets of one of our cities. coupled withf that a looming beginning of war and conflict in southeast asia (americans with a real sense of despair and pessimism. it was aseatles came, one person said, so many more people would rather follow the beatles and the baptist because the beatles look like they were going somewhere and the baptist look like they were sorry they had been.

[laughter] man whoe was a young saw the beatles on ed sullivan, completely taken by what he saw. said i would like to be the fifth beatle. it was one problem -- he didn't know how to play the guitar. work towardto having a guitar. didthree years, he everything possible to get a guitar. he couldn't get one because he couldn't afford it. after three years, this young man's parents were tired of hearing him complain how he wanted electric guitar, so they ordered an electric guitar from the jcpenney mail-order catalog and presented to him for christmas. it at the time, but they spent $99 on the guitar

and amplifier that came with it. no idea how edge that represented to them, but it took them a year to pay for it. they paid a little bit each month for one year until they got it paid off. but that did not matter to the young man because he knew he was going to be the fifth beatle. practiced to play, he so much that he would play until his fingers virtually blood. he got to where he was good enough to be in a band, not a very good band, but abandoned. thinkingnue to play, the day will come when the beatles will say you are the fifth beatle. fast forward and tell you that never happened. the fifth beatle moment never did come to be. the man was never discovered to be that great a guitar player.